Xinjiang police classify VPN as software of criminals

As the photo uploaded by a Weibo user shows, VPN is now classified as the software of second-degree terror and violence. It also clearly shows the web user’s internet account, IP address, VPN download time, contact cell phone number, ID number and home address.

A web user of Xinjiang Autonomous Prefecture was under criminal investigation after being found using the mobile VPN software.

Xinjiang Public Security Department has classified VPN as the software of second-degree terror and violence.

Together with Tibet, Xinjiang is one of the regions with the worst record of human right violations in China.